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Israel's Defense Ministry said the agreement was part of a broader aid package approved by the U.S. government earlier this year.

Israel will buy 25 F-15IA fighters, marking the first new Eagles that the country has acquired since November 1995, when it ordered F-15I Ra’am jets. This summer, Israel had been given U.S. approval to buy as many as 50 F-15IAs,

Israel’s military on Thursday said it had reached a deal to buy 25 next-generation F-15 fighter jets from U.S. aviation giant Boeing (NYSE:BA). The $5.2 billion agreement was part of a broader package of aid approved by the Biden administration and Congress earlier this year.